Article of wearing apparel with detachable back extension



A ril 16, 1963 D. w. FINLAY 3,085,250

ARTICLE OF WEARING APPAREL WITH DETACHABLE BACK EXTENSION Filed Jan. 20,1958 IN VEN TOR.

3,085,250 ARTICLE OF WEARING APPAREL WITH DETACHABLE BACK EXTENSIONDonald W. Finlay, 853 Keystone Drive, Cleveland Heights, Ohio Filed Jan.20, 1958, Ser. No. 709,907 3 Claims. (Cl. 2-102) This invention relatesto the art of wearing apparel and more particularly comprises such anarticle provided with a detachable back extension constituting a tailportion which may be tucked into the trousers of the wearer over thelatters hips.

Men who work out of doors during cold seasons are accustomed to wearingshort jackets. Some are approximately waist length so as not tointerfere with leg movement in the course of their activities. Vests areoften worn under such jackets to provide additional warmth andrelatively light weight apparel. The activities of such workers oftenrequire upward stretching movements of the arms or bending overmovements which cause the jacket to ride upwardly of the wearers backleaving a portion of his back exposed between the lower edge of thejacket and the wearers trousers. This may often be a source ofdiscomfort on account of the fact that an active worker may freelyperspire and under such condition during the course of his activities hemay have a portion of his back exposed for the reason above indicated.

It is therefore a principal object of this invention to provide a vestor similar article of wearing apparel having a detachable back extensionwhich will provide extra covering for the wearers back continuouslyduring the course of activities of such a wearer similar to those abovedescribed.

It may be desirable under some conditions to wear such an article ofwearing apparel without the back extension, and it is, therefore, afurther object of the invention to provide means for readily attachingand detaching the back extension.

Still another object of the invention is to provide such an article ofwearing apparel with a back extension which gill readily conform to thecurvature of the wearers ips.

In carrying my invention into practice, I provide an article of wearingapparel designed to cover the upper portion of a wearers body fromapproximately the neck to the waist, said article including an integralback portion, a back extension securable to said back portion at thewaist edge thereof to extend downwardly therefrom, and means fordetachably securing said extension to said back portion in the relationdescribed. Preferably my Wearing apparel article comprises a sleevelessvest and has front portions which are separable from one another along avertical line from top to bottom, means being provided for detachablysecuring the free edges of said front portions to one another. Suchlatter means may comprise slide fastener instrumentalities and likewisethe means for securing the said extension to the back portion may alsocomprise separate slide fastener instrumentalities.

Preferably the said back extension extends downwardly from the waistedge of the back portion sufficiently to cover the rear portions of thewearers hips and thighs when Worn and I form the back extension in sucha manner as to conform to the curvature of the wearers hips.

For a detailed description of the invention, reference is made to theaccompanying drawing in which:

FIGURE 1 is a front elevational view of an article of wearing apparelembodying my invention and showing the back extension in securedrelation to the back portion thereof.

FIGURE 2 is a rear elevational view of the same.

3,685,259 Patented Apr. 16, 1963 FIGURE 3 is a front elevational view,partially broken away, showing the back extension separated from theremainder of the wearing apparel article.

FIGURE 4 is a rear elevational view showing a person wearing the apparelarticle of my invention, the same having the detachable back extensionin secured relation to the back portion thereof, this view showing thesaid back extension disposed outwardly of the other clothing of thewearer.

FIGURE 5 is a view similar to FIGURE 4 but illustrating the appearanceof the article when worn with the back extension being tucked inside ofthe wearers trousers.

FIGURE 6 is a sectional view taken on the line 6-6 of FIGURE 1.

Now referring to the drawing and describing the invention in detail, theletter A generally designates an article of wearing apparel which may bein the form of a sleeveless vest, as illustrated, designed to cover theupper portion of the wearers body from approximately the neck to thewaist. The letter B generally denotes the detachable back extension ofmy invention.

The vest A may be made of any suitable material but preferably is of aquilted construction comprising sewn together layers of material 16, 17between which is interposed suitable weather insulating material such asdown or wool 18, the outer layers or facings 16, 17 of the quiltedconstruction being of softer non-wool material.

The vest A comprises an integral back portion indicated by the numeral 1and separable front portions 2 and 3 which are separable from oneanother along avertical line from top to bottom approximately centrallyof the front of the vest. Means provided for detachably securing thefree edges of said front portions 2 and 3 to one another and such meansmay comprise conventional slide fastener instrumentalities generallyindicated by the numeral 4. In FIGURES l and 3 the slide fastenerclosure instrumentalities 4 are shown in a condition securing the freeedges of the front portions 2 and 3 to one another.

Suitable pockets such as indicated at 5, 6, and 7 may be provided in thefront portions 2 and 3 of the vest A.

The back extension B is securable to the back portion 1 at the waistedge thereof. Means are provided for detachably securing the backextension B to the back portion 1 of the vest A and such means maycomprise the slide fastener instrumentalities generally designated bythe numeral 8, the same including the slide fastener strip 9 secured tothe waist edge of the back portion 1 and carrying the slider element 10and also including the slide fastener strip 11 secured to the upper edgeof the back extension B. The slide fastener instrumentalities 8 are ofconventional construction and it will be readily understood that theslider element 10 is cooperable with the slide fastenerinstrumentalities 9 and 11 to fasten the back extension B to the backportion 1 in the manner illustrated in FIGURES l, 2 and 4.

It is to be noted that the upper portions of the back extension B ateach side thereof are made in such fashion as to provide concavo-convexareas as indicated by the numerals 12 and 13 so as to enable theseportions to conform with the curvature of the wearers hips. For thispurpose triangular portions may be cut out of the material of the backextension B, said triangular portions flaring outwardly to the edges ofthe material and the margins of the cutouts being sewn together alongthe seams indicated by numerals 14 and 15.

From the foregoing it will be understood that the back extension B maybe quickly attached to the back portion of the vest A when desired andunder such condition the wearer may tuck the back extension inside ofhis trousers in a manner to provide additional protection for the rearportions of the hips and thighs and prevent the back portion of the vestfrom riding up the wearers back so that the provision of the backextension thus prevents exposure of the wearers back which wouldotherwise occur under such conditions.

I claim:

1. An article of apparel of the class described, comprising amulti-layer jacket-type cold weather garment, said article beingdesigned to cover the upper portion of the wearers body fromapproximately the neck to the waist, said article including anintegralback portion, a back extension securable to said back portion at thewaist edge thereof to extend downwardly therefrom, said back extensionbeing of a Width approximating that of said back portion to cover onlythe rear and side portions of the wearers hips and thighs, s'aidbackexte'nsion'having a triangular portion cut out of the materialand-flaring outwardly to the edge of the'material adjacent eachextremity of the waistedge of said back extension, the'margins of eachsaid cutout being sewn together whereby said back extension is shaped toconform to the curvature of the wearers hips and adapted to be receivedinside the seat section of the wearers trousers, and means fordetachably securing said extension to said back portion with thatextension extending downwardly from the waist edge of said back portion.

2. An article of apparel of the class described, comprising amulti-layer cold weather vest designed to cover the upper portion of thewearers body from approximately the neck to the waist, said vest havingan integral back portion and having front portions separable from oneanother along a vertical line from top to bottom, means for detachablysecuring the free edges of said front portions to one another, a backextension securable to said back portion at the waist edge thereof toextend downwardly therefrom, said back extension being of a widthapproximating that of said back portion to cover only the rear and sideportions of the wearers hips and thighs, said back extension having atriangular portion cut out of the material and flaring outwardly to theedge of the material adjacent each extremity of the waist edge of saidback extension, the margins of each said cutout being sewn togetherwhereby said back extension is shaped to conform to the curvature of thewearers hips and adapted to be received inside the seat section of thewearers trousers, and means for'detachably securing said extension tosaid back portion with that extension extending downwardly from theWaist edge of said back portion.

3. An article as in claim 1 wherein said means comprises slide fastenerinstrumentalities.

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1. AN ARTICLE OF APPAREL OF THE CLASS DESCRIBED, COMPRISING AMULTI-LAYER JACKET-TYPE COLD WEATHER GARMENT, SAID ARTICLE BEINGDESIGNED TO COVER THE UPPER PORTION OF THE WEARER''S BODY FROMAPPROXIMATELY THE NECK TO THE WAIST, SAID ARTICLE INCLUDING AN INTEGRALBACK PORTION, A BACK EXTENSION SECURABLE TO SAID BACK PORTION AT THEWAIST EDGE THEREOF TO EXTEND DOWNWARDLY THEREFROM, SAID BACK EXTENSIONBEING OF A WIDTH APPROXIMATING THAT OF SAID BACK PORTION TO COVER ONLYTHE REAR AND SIDE PORTIONS OF THE WEARER''S HIPS AND THIGHS, SAID BACKEXTENSION HAVING A TRIANGULAR PORTION CUT OUT OF THE MATERIAL ANDFLARING OUTWARDLY TO THE EDGE OF THE MATERIAL ADJACENT EACH EXTREMITY OFTHE WAIST EDGE OF SAID BACK EXTENSION, THE MARGINS OF EACH SAID CUTOUTBEING SEWN TOGETHER WHEREBY SAID BACK EXTENSION IS SHAPED TO CONFORM TOTHE CURVATURE OF THE WEARER''S HIPS AND ADAPTED TO BE RECEIVED INSIDETHE SEAT SECTION OF THE WEARER''S TROUSERS, AND MEANS FOR DETACHABLYSECURING SAID EXTENSION TO SAID BACK PORTION WITH THAT EXTENSIONEXTENDING DOWNWARDLY FROM THE WAIST EDGE OF SAID BACK PORTION.